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A day after Gov. Greg Abbott announced that his plan to conduct “enhanced safety inspections” of commercial vehicles crossing into Texas could “dramatically slow” traffic across the border, local officials and business groups are still trying to gauge the potential impact on their economy, which depends on trade with Mexico.
“That’s one of the things McAllen is concerned about,” said Javier Villalobos, that border city’s Republican mayor. “We’re going to see how it affects us. But of course if it affects negatively, we’re going to be in the governor’s ear daily.”
On Wednesday, Abbott directed the Department of Public Safety to immediately begin enhanced inspections of commercial vehicles crossing into the state from Mexico, a move aimed at stopping…
